Tuning: DADFAD
Capo 1 on recording, Capo 2 live
Intro/Verse:
Dm Bb A
d | -----------7-- | x2----------8--- | x2-----------------8---8--------7----7-- |
A | -------8---8-- | -----8----8--- | -----7---7--------------------0----0-- |
f | -------0-----0 | -----0-------- | -------8---8-------8--8---------8---8- |
D | -------------- | ---0----0---0- | -------------------------------------- |
A | ----0--------- | -------------- | --0------------0------------0--------- |
D | -0-------0---- | -8------------ | 7-------------7-----------7----------- |
-----7----7-- |
-----0----0-- |
-------8---8- |
------------- |
---0--------- |
-7----------- |
Dm
My darling, I loved you
Bb
I long to become you
A
And know what it is that you gave
Dm
We dance the sorrow
Bb
Forgive me tomorrow
F Gm
d | -------------- | x2 ---------------- | x2
A | -------------- | ---------------- |
f | ------4---4--- | -------5---5---- |
D | ------0---0--- | -------0---0---- |
A | ----0---0---0- | ----0----0---0-- |
D | --3----------- | -5-------------- |
F Gm F
And I pray night after night and day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm (Last Dm of verse only)
d | --------------------------- | etc.
A | -----------------0---0----- |
f | -----0---0-------0---0----- |
D | -----0---0-----0---0---0--- |
A | ---0---0---0--------------- |
D | -0-----------0------------- |
Dm
And my mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
F Gm F
I don't night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
Dm
My mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Oh I should just leave you, instead I've deceived you
But I don't, night after night, day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
my mind drift away?
Dm Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
A
I sold you my hand once and you hit me in fear
Dm
I don't stand for the devil
Bb
I don't whisper in ears
F Gm F Gm Dm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear
Dm/F Dm
d | ------------- | x2------------------- |
A | ------------- | ------------------- |
f | ------------- | ------------------- |
D | -----0---0--- | ------0---0-------- |
A | ---0-0-0-0-0- | ----0-0-0-0-0------ |
D | -3----------- | --0---------------- |
Dm/F Dm Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F Dm
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
Dm Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray
F Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm
Could you watch my body weaken,
Dm
and my mind drift away?
Dm/F Dm
It's a tempting communion
Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dm4
(play around with picking pattern, hammering 3 on the high d string)
d | --0(h3)----- |
A | --1--------- |
f | --2--------- |
D | --0--------- |
A | --0--------- |
D | --0--------- |
D5 D5+
d | -0---0--- |
A | -4---5--- |
f | -0---0--- |
D | -0---0--- |
A | -0---0--- |
D | -0---0--- |
D5 D5+ D5 D5+ D5 D5+
What it is that you're told Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Outro:
d | ---7-7-7------------7-7-7---------7-7-7----------- |
A | ---5----5-5---5-----5-----5-5-----5-----5-5------- |
f | ---7--------7---7---6---------6---5----------5---- |
D | -------------------------------------------------- |
A | -------------------------------------------------- |
D | -------------------------------------------------- |
d | -0-2-3-3p2p0------------3p2p0------------0------------------------ |
A | -------------------0----------------0----0------------------------ |
f | -------------0---0---0--------0---2------2------------------------ |
D | ---------------2----------------0--------0------------------------ |
A | --------------------------------------0--0------------------------ |
D | -----------------------------------------0------------------------ |